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authorMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2020-07-27 18:28:51 +0200
committerMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2020-07-27 18:30:21 +0200
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gnu: zlib: Document why "git-fetch" cannot be used.
* gnu/packages/guile.scm (guile-zlib): Explain that using "git-fetch" would create and endless inclusion loop here.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 4b7577f2a2..4c6ae1007c 100644
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@@ -783,6 +783,9 @@ manipulate repositories of the Git version control system.")
(version "0.0.1")
(source
(origin
+ ;; XXX: Do not use "git-fetch" method here that would create and
+ ;; endless inclusion loop, because this package is used as an extension
+ ;; in the same method.
(method url-fetch)
(uri
(string-append "https://notabug.org/guile-zlib/guile-zlib/archive/"